Flag LinuxNetBSD made a seemingly small, but very welcome announcement today: they’re adding a more user-friendly, easier to use command-line text editor to the base install.
To ease the transition for new users, NetBSD -current now includes an alternative editor to vi(1) and xedit(1) in its base system, atto(1).
It is a modeless screen-based editor similar to nano, pico, xedit, or emacs. It is only 48 kilobytes, making it suitable for inclusion in the rescue system.
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Most guides and how-to article for operating systems like NetBSD assume the use of vi, and while I don’t want to ignite a flamewar, vi isn’t exactly the most approachable or friendly piece of software out there. My occassional text editing in the command line is all done through nano, but now I’m definitely curious to give atto a go.
While other tech news websites are plastered with articles about a PC maker adding a touch screen to one of their laptops, we’re talking about a new CLI text editor in NetBSD’s base system. Priorities, folks.
